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Yolanda Louie – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The problem that was addressed through this study is that online undergraduate adult students, 25 years of age or older, do not persist to graduation at Caring University, a pseudonym for an online university. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the perceptions of online adult undergraduate alumni about what motivated them to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Adult Students, Academic Persistence, Virtual Universities
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Charlotte Lee; Angel Wang; Vanessa Pina; Jianrong Zhuang; Ruth Robbio; Winnie Sun – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2023
Final-year nursing students are known to face high levels of stress due to increased demands in academics and clinical practicum. In this study, a virtual peer mentoring program was pilot-tested, involving alumni as mentors. Using a mixed-methods approach, we sought to describe the acceptability, feasibility and satisfaction associated with the…
Descriptors: Mentors, Electronic Learning, Undergraduate Students, Nursing Education
Edwards, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This qualitative study aimed to explore the experiences of LGBTQIA+ alumnix who attended faith-based colleges. The study was guided by Strayhorn's (2019) College Students' Sense of Belonging Theory and Abes' et al. (2007) Reconceptualized model of multiple dimensions of identity. The scope of experiences explored was narrowed to three of the five…
Descriptors: Student Experience, LGBTQ People, Undergraduate Students, Religious Colleges
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Perkins, Christel – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2020
Higher education literature has often documented the barriers to participation in study abroad for students of color. However, the majority of study abroad research to date employs a deficit frame, focusing on why students of color do not participate, rather than on what enables students of color to rise above barriers. Using an anti-deficit…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Student Participation, Minority Group Students, Student Motivation
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Garvey, Jason C.; Mobley, Steve D.; Summerville, Kiara S.; Moore, Gretchen T. – Journal of Higher Education, 2019
The purpose of this study was to explore outness among undergraduate students who identify as queer and trans* people of color (QTPOC). Data for this study originated from "The National LGBT Alumni Surve"y and included 386 QTPOC respondents. We utilized analysis of variance (ANOVA) to explore differences in outness across racial…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Self Concept, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity
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Garvey, Jason C.; Sanders, Laura A.; Flint, Maureen A. – Journal of College Student Development, 2017
Using data from the National LGBT Alumni Survey, we examined generational perceptions of campus climate for LGBTQ undergraduate students who graduated from 1944 through 2013 (N = 3,121) with Renn and Arnold's (2003) reconceptualized ecological model as a framework. Results demonstrate differences in LGBTQ student campus climate perceptions across…
Descriptors: Alumni, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity